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Not so long ago : a chronicle of my life times and contemporaries

Publisher: Phoenix Pub. House, | Alemar-Phoenix Pub. House,


Title Details
  • Not so long ago :
Publishers
  • Quezon City : Phoenix Pub. House,1997, c1979.
  • Manila : Alemar-Phoenix Pub. House,c1979.
Descriptions
  • vii, 183 pages ;22 cm.
Isbn
    9710620630
Language
    English
Subjects
  • Romero, Jose E.
  • Legislators -- Philippines -- Biography.
  • Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1898-1935.
  • Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1935-1946.
  • Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
Location RHC
Item Call Number DS 686.2 .R58 A36 1979
Status Available
Barcode 18531
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9710620630
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - DS 686.2 .R58
  • Item number - A36 1979
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Romero, Jose E.
Title Statement
  • Title - Not so long ago :
  • Remainder of title - a chronicle of my life, times, and contemporaries /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Jose E. Romero
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Quezon City :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Phoenix Pub. House,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1997, c1979.
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Manila :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Alemar-Phoenix Pub. House,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1979.
Physical Description
  • Extent - vii, 183 pages ;
  • Dimensions - 22 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - My early years -- My career begins -- The Pre-Commonwealth Legislature -- The Election of 1934 -- The Constitutional Convention -- Elections of 1935 and the Inauguration of the Commonwealth -- Problems of a Floor Leader -- Philippine-American Economic Relations -- The 1938 Elections and the Second National Assembly -- The Amendments to the Constitution on 1940 -- The Elections of 1941 -- The S.S. "Corregidor" Disaster -- Playing Cat and Mouse with the Japanese -- The Return to Negros -- Provincial Life During the Japanese Occupation -- Liberation and the Reestablishment of the Commonwealth.
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "This autobiography of... the late Honorable Jose E. Romero, college debater, lawyer, politician (in the better sense), newspaperman, orator and diplomat, could very well be subtitled Memoirs for the history of My Time. Covering about the same period of our history as the late President Quezon's book The Good Fight, it constitutes a valuable if not indispensable complement to the Quezon narrative... Here is an "insider's view" of the events, struggles and intrigues for power that rocked Philippine political life from 1925 down to the Japanese occupation of 1942-1945, told by one who was involved in them as a highly regarded political subordinate and occasional confidant of the late leader, even if he was not in the very top rank. What makes his account intensely interesting are his critical views and appraisals of contemporary personalities, their qualities and motivations. Equally fascinating is his description how President Quezon maintained nigh absolute control of the Government for over twenty years, surmounting every crisis by sheer political dexterity and adroitness, without resort to force." - From the Foreword by Jose B. L. Reyes
  • Summary, etc. - "Author's experience in WWII. He survived the sinking of the MV Corregidor." - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Romero, Jose E.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Legislators
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Biography.
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Politics and government
  • Chronological subdivision - 1898-1935.
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Politics and government
  • Chronological subdivision - 1935-1946.
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945